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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

