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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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