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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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