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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

