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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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