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 the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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