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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library 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...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

