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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown