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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

