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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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