The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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