The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
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Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

