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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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