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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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