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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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