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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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