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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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