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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

