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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
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...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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