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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

