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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township 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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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