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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

