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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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