The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
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...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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