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