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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

