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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

