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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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