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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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...
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul