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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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