The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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