The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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