The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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