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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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