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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

