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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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