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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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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