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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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