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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

