The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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