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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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