The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

