Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Twin Cities Area
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
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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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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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
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