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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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