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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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