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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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