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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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