The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

