The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
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Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown