Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Twin Cities Area
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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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