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