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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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