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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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