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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

