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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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