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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

