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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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