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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

