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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

