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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

