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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

