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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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