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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown