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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

