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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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