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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

