All of Theodore and Louise Hammโs children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 donโt...

