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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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