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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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