The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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