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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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