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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

