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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown