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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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