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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

