The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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