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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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