The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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