The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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