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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

