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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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