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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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