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

