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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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