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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

