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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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