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