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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

