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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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