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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

