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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown