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...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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