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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

