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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

