The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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