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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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