The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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