The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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