The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

