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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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