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
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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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