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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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