Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Twin Cities Area
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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