Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Twin Cities Area
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
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Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
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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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul