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
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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