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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
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...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

