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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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