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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

