The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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