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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

