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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

