The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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