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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown