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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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