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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

