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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

