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