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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown