The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

