The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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...
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul