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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
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...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

