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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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