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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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