The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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