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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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