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...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

