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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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