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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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