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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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