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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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