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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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