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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

