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...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
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 Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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