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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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