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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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