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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

