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...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

