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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown