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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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