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