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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
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...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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