The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

