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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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