The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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