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...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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