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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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