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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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