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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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