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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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