The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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