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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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