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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

