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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

