The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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