The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

