Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
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...
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
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