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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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