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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

