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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston