The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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