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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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