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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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