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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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