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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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