The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
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Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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