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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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