The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
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Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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