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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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