The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
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District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
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Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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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...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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