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