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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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