The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
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...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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