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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

