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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

