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

