The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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