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

