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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
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...

