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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown