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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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