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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...

