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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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