The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

