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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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