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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

