The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
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District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
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Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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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