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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

