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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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