The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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