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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

