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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
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...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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