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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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