The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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