The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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