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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

