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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

