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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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