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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown