The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
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Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown