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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown