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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
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...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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