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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
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...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
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...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

