The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
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Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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