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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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