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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

