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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

