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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

