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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House 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...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

