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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

