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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

