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