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...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

