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...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

