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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

