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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

