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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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