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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

