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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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