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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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