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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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