Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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