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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

