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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

