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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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