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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

