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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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