The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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