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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown