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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
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...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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