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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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
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