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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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