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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston