The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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