The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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