The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

