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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
