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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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