The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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