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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

