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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 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...

