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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston