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...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston