The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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