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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

