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