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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

