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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
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...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

