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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
