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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

