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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
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