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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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