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...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

