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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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