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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

