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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 mother’s 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston