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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

