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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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