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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

