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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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