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

