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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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