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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

