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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

