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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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 Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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