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...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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