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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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