The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

