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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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