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