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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

