The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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