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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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