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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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