The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 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...

