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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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