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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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