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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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