The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
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Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

