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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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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