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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown