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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
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...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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