The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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