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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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