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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
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...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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