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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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