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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

