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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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