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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

