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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
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
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

