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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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