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