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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
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...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

