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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
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...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

