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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
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...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

