Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Twin Cities Area
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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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