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