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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

