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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

