The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Twin Cities Area
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul