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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
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
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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