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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
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