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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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