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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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