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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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