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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston