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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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