The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
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The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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