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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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