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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

