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