Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Twin Cities Area
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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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