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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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