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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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