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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

