The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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