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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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