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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

