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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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