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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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