The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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