The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
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Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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