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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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