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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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