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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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