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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
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
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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