The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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