The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

