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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

