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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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