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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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