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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
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...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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