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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
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...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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