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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

