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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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