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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

