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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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