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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

