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...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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