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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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