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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

