The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

