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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

