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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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