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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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