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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

