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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City