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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

