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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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