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...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

