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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

