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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
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...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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