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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown