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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

