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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

