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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

