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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

