The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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