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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
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