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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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