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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

