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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

