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
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

