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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown