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  • Southwest Minneapolis 1930: From the Air

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    In the late 1920s and early 1930s, pioneer aerial photographer Joe Quigley was hired to take images of all Minneapolis schools. These remarkable high-resolution photos have been in the school […]

  • Exploring the Corner of 43rd and Upton

    43rd and Upton 4300 Upton Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    This event was originally scheduled for June 16. We will dig into the history of who has worked and lived in the buildings clustered around 43rd and Upton. Also, we'll […]

  • Story Awakening at Bde Maka Ska

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Join us as a Dakota historian speaks on the Dakota cultural perspective/name restoration of Bde Maka Ska, including the new public art installation (completion date, late summer). The Minneapolis City […]

  • The Hamiltons of Lake Calhoun

    Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd 4801 France Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Most known for Widow Hamilton's guest house overlooking Lake Calhoun (now called Bde Maka Ska), where Henry David Thoreau stayed in June 1861, members of the Hamilton family lived at […]

  • Tracing the History of Real Estate Covenants in Minneapolis

    Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd 4801 France Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Racial covenants were used to bar people of a given race, ethnic origin, or religion, from buying or occupying property in Minneapolis. These discriminatory deeds underpinned an invisible system of […]

  • Tour of Minneapolis Central Library Special Collections

    Minneapolis Central Library 300 Nicollet Mall, 4th floor, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    One of the area's best local history resources, the collection covers all aspects of the history of Minneapolis and Hennepin County and includes books, photographs, school yearbooks, archival and manuscript collections, periodicals, maps, postcards, and thousands of files of newspaper clippings. We will get an inside view of their collections including the reading room, their […]

  • Robert E. Fischer and Sand Souvenirs at Minnehaha Creek

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Robert Fischer was the most unusual artist ever inspired by Minnehaha Falls. From about 1900 until 1940, he created tens of thousands of delicate sand designs in clear glass containers, using nothing but the natural colored sands found in Minnehaha Park. Only a few of these still exist. Fischer lived in the Falls neighborhood for […]

  • Architect John Jager and Information Learned from his Slovenian Home Country

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Architectural historian and freelance writer Dick Kronick will lecture on the history of architect John Jager, who laid out the Red Cedar Lane neighborhood in southwest Minneapolis. Research conducted in 2018 uncovered previously unknown information about Jager's life, and buildings that he designed.

  • Revisiting Fern Valley and Mineral Springs: Landscape Transitions at Southwest

    36th and Zenith 3200 W. 36th St., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    On this walking tour we will revisit the area known by some as Fern Valley and Mineral Springs. Tour guide Peter Sussman will focus on the transformations that have taken place with the landscape and the community from the 1870s to modern times. Meet outside the Bakken Museum.

  • Fort Snelling at Bdote: 200 Years of History

    Historic Fort Snelling Visitor Center 200 Tower Ave., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Fort Snelling at Bdote background reading list from Linden Hills Public Library For millennia, the place where the Minnesota River joins the Mississippi has been a crossroads, a place of strategic power. But that symbolism is complicated. This tour is a powerful reminder that most Minnesotans today are descendants of immigrants, living on conquered land. […]