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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

