The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
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...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

