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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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