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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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