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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

