The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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 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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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