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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City