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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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