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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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