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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston
