The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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