The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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