The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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