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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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