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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

