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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

