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

