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