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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston