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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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
