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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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