The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor 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