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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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