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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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