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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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