The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

