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...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

