The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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