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