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