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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

