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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
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...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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