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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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