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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown