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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

