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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
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...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

