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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

