The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
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Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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