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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul