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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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