The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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