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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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