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...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston