The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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