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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown