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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

