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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

