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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

