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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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