The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

