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