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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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