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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
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...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

