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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
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...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

