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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

