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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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