The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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