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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

