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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

