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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
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...

