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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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