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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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