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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
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...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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