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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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