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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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