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

