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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
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...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

