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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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