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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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