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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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