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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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