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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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