The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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