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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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