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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

