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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown