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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

