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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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