The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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