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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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