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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston