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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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