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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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