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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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