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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston