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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
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