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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

