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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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