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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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