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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

