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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

