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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

