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