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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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