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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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