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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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