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...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
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
