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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

