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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

