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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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