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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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