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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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