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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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