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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown