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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital 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