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