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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

