The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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