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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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