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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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