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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

