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...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston