The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

