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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
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
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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