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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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