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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
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...

