Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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