The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

