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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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