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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
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...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

