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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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