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...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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