All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City