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