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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

