The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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