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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

