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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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