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...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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