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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor 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