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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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