The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale 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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...

