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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston