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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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