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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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
