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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

