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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

