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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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