In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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