The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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