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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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