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