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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

