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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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