The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
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...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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