The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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