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...
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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