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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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